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| cool |
(informal) quite acceptable, decent, fair-minded, or admirable. [1/15 definitions] |
| decency |
the quality, state, or condition of being decent. [1/3 definitions] |
| good guy |
(informal) the leading, and morally decent, character of a fictional story. [1/4 definitions] |
| immodest |
not decent in appearance or behavior; shameless. [1/2 definitions] |
| justice |
the upholding of what is fair, decent, and right. [1/5 definitions] |
| modest |
proper or decent, according to social conventions. [1/5 definitions] |
| moral |
(pl.) personal principles or habits of conduct that are guided by standards of right and wrong, esp. those habits or principles considered good, decent, and just within a society. [1/6 definitions] |
| the salt of the earth |
a very good-hearted and decent person or group of people. |
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